Saturday Update: Warner Bros. reports this morning that The Curse of La Llorona is coming in slightly ahead of weekend forecasts with an estimated $11.8 million opening day on Friday, including Thursday night earnings. That’s more than 42 percent ahead of Truth or Dare‘s $8.3 million first day last April, although that film didn’t open on Good Friday when many were out of school and work. Weekend projections remain fluid until a clearer sense of how frontloaded the first day proves to be, but topping $20 million for the weekend now appears likely.

Shazam!is holding on strong with another $6.155 million in the bank yesterday, bringing its 15-day tally to $110.2 million. A third frame north of $16 million is the target.

Breakthroughcontinued its opening with $3.811 million on Friday, bringing the three-day cume to $7.3 million. The faith-based drama has lived up to expectations over the long Easter frame and looks to be aiming for $13.5 million this weekend. That would net around $17 million for its overall five-day start.

Last among the openers, Disneynature’s Penguinscontinues to perform slightly below expectations with $901K on Friday. That gives the pic $1.85 million after three days in release. We’re expecting around $2.5 million or slightly more for the weekend, aiming for a $3.5 million five-day bow.

Early weekend estimates are below with updated studio estimates to follow on Sunday.

Early Weekend Estimates (Domestic)FRI, APR. 19 – SUN, APR. 21

WIDE (1000+)

#

TITLE

WEEKEND

LOCATIONS

AVG.

TOTAL

WKS.

DIST.

1

The Curse of La Llorona

$23,000,000

—

3,372

—

$6,821

$23,000,000

1

Warner Bros. / New Line

2

Shazam!

$16,500,000

-33%

4,183

-123

$3,945

$16,500,000

3

Warner Bros.

3

Breakthrough

$13,500,000

—

2,824

—

$4,780

$17,006,925

1

20th Century Fox

4

Captain Marvel

$8,500,000

-1%

2,653

-322

$3,204

$399,426,133

7

Disney

5

Little (2019)

$8,400,000

-45%

2,667

0

$3,150

$29,329,410

2

Universal Pictures

6

Dumbo

$6,900,000

-27%

3,225

-481

$2,140

$101,354,910

4

Walt Disney Pictures

7

Pet Sematary

$4,500,000

-54%

3,146

-439

$1,430

$49,233,075

3

Paramount Pictures

8

Missing Link

$4,500,000

-24%

3,437

24

$1,309

$13,107,241

2

United Artists Releasing

9

Us (2019)

$4,000,000

-41%

2,264

-504

$1,767

$170,181,620

5

Universal Pictures

10

Hellboy

$3,600,000

-70%

3,303

0

$1,090

$19,396,271

2

Lionsgate / Summit

11

After (2019)

$2,700,000

-55%

2,138

0

$1,263

$10,635,149

2

Aviron Pictures

12

Penguins

$2,600,000

—

1,815

—

$1,433

$3,551,757

1

Disney / Disneynature

13

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

$775,000

4%

1,062

240

$730

$159,045,140

12

Universal / DreamWorks Animation

LIMITED (100 — 999)

#

TITLE

WEEKEND

LOCATIONS

AVG.

TOTAL

WKS.

DIST.

1

Kalank

$1,500,000

—

320

—

$4,688

$2,010,185

1

FIP

2

Five Feet Apart

$690,000

-55%

709

-764

$973

$45,142,093

6

CBS Films

3

Unplanned

$650,000

-63%

839

-563

$775

$17,267,243

4

Pure Flix

4

Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral

$135,000

-60%

196

-279

$689

$72,971,234

8

Lionsgate

PLATFORM (1 — 99)

#

TITLE

WEEKEND

LOCATIONS

AVG.

TOTAL

WKS.

DIST.

1

No Manches Frida 2

$57,000

-68%

73

-62

$781

$9,164,474

6

Lionsgate / Pantelion Films

2

The Aftermath

$45,000

-72%

85

-149

$529

$1,557,256

6

Fox Searchlight

3

Fast Color

$40,000

—

25

—

$1,600

$40,000

1

Lionsgate

4

Ash is Purest White

$12,000

-55%

15

-9

$800

$12,000

6

Cohen Media Group

5

Faith, Hope & Love

$5,031

-40%

5

-2

$1,006

$187,268

6

ArtAffects Entertainment

6

Girls of the Sun

$4,500

-42%

10

2

$450

$4,500

2

Cohen Media Group

Friday Report: Warner Bros. reports this morning that The Curse of La Lloronabegan its opening weekend with an estimated $2.75 million from Thursday night’s first shows. That comes in far ahead of Truth or Dare‘s $750K start in mid-April last year, while topping the recent Pet Sematary remake ($2.3 million) and Escape Room ($2.345 million). It should be noted, however, that none of those films opened directly ahead of a holiday. Due to many being out of work and school on Good Friday today, comparisons are skewed with a significant amount of front-loaded expected ahead of Saturday.

Meanwhile, Breakthroughadded a strong $1.548 million on Thursday, down just 18 percent from opening day on Wednesday. The faith-based drama has tallied $3.436 million in two days as it heads into the weekend.

Last but not least, Penguinsadded $456K yesterday for an updated two-day domestic cume of $956K heading into its first weekend.